Renacchi’s Oshimen Sousenkyo Election

What seemed to start out as a joke seems to have escalated. On 755, a popular celebrity chatting app, a fan asks Kato Rena to do “Renacchi Oshimen Sousenkyo Election”. Her next message is, “Perhaps I’ll do my oshimen election on 755”. This was only the beginning…

First, it begins by a fan on 755, asking Kato Rena (otherwise known as Renacchi) to do a “Renacchi Oshimen Election”. She agrees, and starts taking candidates:

Takahashi Juri steps in as “official” MC, calling herself “Tokumitsu Juri-o” (a play on the sousenkyo’s regular MC name, Tokumitsu Kazuo), and starts noting what other Team 4 members are doing to improve their chances at getting in Renacchi’s senbatsu:

“Renacchi’s Election has just started, and even though I haven’t announced my candidacy, by word of mouth, it seems that Kami-7 is going to be really tough. Yuria-chan (Kizaki Yuria) was also told that Kami-7 would be hard to achieve. The results are unpredictable!!”

“In order to rank in Renacchi’s Election…..”

“…Yuria has started by offering hand massages!”

“Next… Chiyori has started a shoulder massage!”

“Feeling confident at getting #1 in the preliminaries”. (Tano Yuka)

“Feeling confident getting #1 in the prelims, part 2” (Oshima Ryoka).

The joke seems to escalate like crazy, with well over 100+ candidates, even those from unrelated groups such Idoling! and Nogizaka46, and judging from Renacchi’s 755 feed, some people she has never talked to before. The final candidate list:

6. Kato Rena. “For some reason, while I was thinking about this, I thought that I wanted to be part of this group too! haha.” (なんだかんだで考えてるうちにこのメンバーの中に入りたくなっちゃいました！笑)

5. Shimazaki Haruka. “I always thought she was cute! When I was AKB shows at home with my family, we always talk about how cute she is.” (ずーっと昔から可愛いなぁーって思ってました！家でAKBの番組をみててよく家族でぱるるさん可愛いねって話してます)

4. Yamamoto Sayaka. “I love everything about her. Her face is beautiful, she’s good as sooting and dancing, and her personality is good. She’s perfect!” (すべてがタイプです！顔も可愛いし、歌も上手いし、ダンスも上手いし、性格もいいし、ダメなところなし)

2. Tano Yuka. “Her face is beautiful. She always says that I’m cute, and I’m always happy about that. Also, I have a lot of Tano’s pictures on my cell phone! Her dance and expressions are great, and there’s so much I admire about her. I love how energetic she is!” (顔が美人！田野ちゃんも私のことをすごく可愛いって言ってくれて、いつも嬉しく思ってます！田野ちゃんのソロの写メたくさんケータイに入ってるんです！笑ダンスも表現力もすごくて、憧れるところもたくさん！元気な田野ちゃんが大好きです)

1. Tanaka Natsumi. “Right now, she’s so young at 14 years old! Even so, her MC abilities are incredible!! During concerts, she’d be MC of the backstage area, and I laughed a lot. She always wears the clothes I give her, and she comes to my dressing room just to see me. I love everything about her!” (今14さいという若さ！若いにもかかわらず、MC力がハンパない！！！コンサートの時もMCを裏できいててクスクスって笑ってます！笑私があげた洋服をきてくれたり、わざわざ楽屋に会いにきてくれたり、、すべてが愛おしいです！そんななつみかんのすべてが大好き)

Seems like it’d be over by then. But then, the unthinking happens when she asks Akimoto via 755:

Renacchi: “Akimoto-sensei! Renacchi’s Oshimen Sousenkyo is over! With these super cute members, please make a song and music video!”

And Akimoto’s response: “Miss Secret Weapon! I understand. Let’s make a song and music video. Matsumoto and Kitagawa will make it.”

Very funny to watch all around. And also very interesting that this turned into a real thing. I hope Renacchi’s Oshimen single turns out well!